The Hand Quilt Along and the Paint Chip Challenge

I Have nothing……ugh……

Way too many things going on for me. Last week I started the “new” job. My mind was not on quilting. It was on getting up at 6:00am and getting where I belonged. Then there was the total exhausting from trying to learn how things worked there. Came home, ate dinner , went bed, repeat.

So I apologize to all the ladies of the quilt along, I will get my act together.and hope to have something soon. Please visit all these wonderful ladies;

The Paint Chip Challenge.

This is an event that my guild is putting on. I paid $5.00 to draw a bag that contained a paint chip. You must use the colors on the card you draw, all of them. You can add a fourth color not on the card if you choose. The project is due at the Christmas meeting where the top three divide all the money collected. So, I had to get to work right away, because I have issues with deadlines, or at least quilting deadlines. My colors aren’t bad, but I struggled with what to do. I felt I needed to do something simple in order to get it completed in time. So, I chose this simple pattern from “Block” magazine.

Well, it is simple. In my head, I thought I ould make it look good. I uses my 4th color (the one I got to choose) as a print.

The print is paired with the royal blue, and light blue is the green columns. I plan to use the tan as the binding.

I hate it!

The only thing that might save it is if I manage to do some amazing quilting. Hahaha. That is funny. I will finish it, but I have little hope that I will tolerate it.

13 thoughts on “The Hand Quilt Along and the Paint Chip Challenge”

Sometimes what we dislike as we are making a quilt turns out to be one of the best we’ve made. I learned that a couple dislikes ago and I try not to second guess myself anymore. With that said, it looks great to me.

Well, there is always a charity you can give it to! I gifted 6 large quilts to my cousin last year and she loved them all! Someone else would love it! Hope the next color is better suited to your likes!
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Hi Lori! I sure don’t see why you hate your quilt top, but different strokes for different peeps. I love Nanette’s idea as well – you just have to hang on to it long enough for your guild’s gathering and then send it with love to someone else. {{Hugs}} ~smile~ Roseanne